One Man Breaks an Army

Minato pushed off with his foot, intending to use the Body Flicker Technique to go down and rescue him, but his Chakra exhaustion made him stagger.

Qian Ye did not turn around. His calm voice carried upward.

"Minato-senpai, what fun is there in dodging?"

"They gave me such a generous gift. It would be rude not to return it intact."

Boom!

The giant cannon fired.

A high-density solid Chakra energy shell over two meters in diameter roared out, ripping apart the rocky ground.

Its light turned the pitch-black night sky a ghastly white.

Where the energy shell passed, it gouged a charred trench three meters deep through the earth, while the mountainsides on both sides began collapsing over wide areas.

Its power was enough to destroy a small Hidden Leaf camp in a single strike.

Qian Ye stood where he was, drawing his right foot back half a step and lowering himself into a horse stance.

Both hands were covered in thick Armament Haki as he crossed his arms in front of himself.

The power of the Paramecia Kinetic Energy Fruit was pushed to its limit in that instant.

The high-density Chakra energy shell slammed solidly into Qian Ye's arms.

The expected collapse never came.

Within the blinding light, Qian Ye directed the rebounding kinetic energy downward, protecting the rock beneath his feet. His feet slid five meters backward across the ground, plowing two deep trenches.

Yet Qian Ye's spine remained straight.

The immense kinetic energy, impact force, and explosive shock contained in the energy shell were continuously drawn away through Qian Ye's palms.

Qian Ye drove the Kinetic Energy Fruit's absorption and conversion properties to their utmost limit.

The physical force that could have torn apart alloy became stored energy within Qian Ye's body.

The muscles in Qian Ye's